How do we deal with a two-year-old when he grabs every toy his friend plays with? What do we say to a four-year-old who screams in rage when her baby brother cries? How do we talk with a ten-year-old about the chores he has left undone, again? What strategies will keep our teenager open with us – and safe? Nonviolent Communication (NVC), sometimes referred to as Compassionate Communication, offers a powerful approach for extending the values of attachment parenting beyond infancy. A process for connecting deeply with ourselves and others, and for creating social change, NVC has been used worldwide in intimate family settings as well as in organizations, schools, prisons, and war-torn countries.
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Chapter 2 – Parenting
Table of ContentsPrevious – Chapter 1, Introduction Chapter 2 – Parenting Having thus defined our terms, we can begin exploring the necessary prerequisites to building a culture of liberty, and ultimately, a free society. We must start at the same place where each if us began life, the home. Our parents are first to influence…
Episode 006 – Bad Parenting Habits (1h40m)
Episode 006 is an analysis of parenting habits that are considered “bad” by mainstream thought, and amended from a peaceful, respectful, connection-based parenting point-of-view. Listen to Episode 006 (1h40m, mp3, 96kbps)Show Notes Heather Kolich, “10 Bad Parenting Habits” (Mainstream Thought)Sandra Dodd, “Living by Principles Instead of by Rules“L. R. Knost, “Practical, Gentle, Effective Discipline“Jan Hunt,…
Nurturing Peacefulness
Editor’s Pick. Written by Kerry Spina. Just the word ‘stress’ can make our heart pound, thoughts run wild and body react. Peacefulness is a virtue that can bring the opposite reaction to stress. Balance is restored and nurtured with peacefulness. Peacefulness gives us permission to rest and care for ourselves. It fosters harmonious and respectful…
The Way of the Peaceful Parent
Written by Lou Babauta for ZenHabits.net. There is no such thing as stress-free parenting. A reader requested that I share my thoughts on stress-free parenting, as the father of six kids. And while I have learned a lot about being a dad, and finding joy in parenthood, I also know that stress-free parenting is a…
Permissive Parenting?
Written by Skyler Collins. Advocates for peaceful, nonviolent parenting, those who don’t use punishments in disciplining their children, are often derided as “permissive”, as if the parenting spectrum stretches between the two. Nothing could be further from the truth. Permissive parenting is as much non-parenting as punishment parenting is. Both neglect the needs of the…
Now Available: Everything Voluntary – From Politics to Parenting
BREAKING NEWS! Everything Voluntary – From Politics to Parenting is now available for purchase or download! Go to the book’s project site for links! From the Introduction: The mainstream political, education, and parenting philosophies all have one thing in common: promoting the domination of one group of people over another. In politics, this is the…
Everything Voluntary – Parenting Resources
Table of ContentsPrevious – Section Five – Chapter 30 – “Born to Explore” by Missy Willis Parenting Resources Books Unconditional Parenting, by Alfie Kohn“One basic need all children have, Kohn argues, is to be loved unconditionally, to know that they will be accepted even if they screw up or fall short. Yet conventional approaches to…
Parenting With Violence
In my estimation, there are two methods that one can take with parenting: you can either violently rule over your children, or you can non-violently mentor them. As the existence of this website indicates, I’ve happily and excitedly chosen the latter. A thought experiment: 1) Your 6-year-old doesn’t want to go to his Primary class…
Walter Williams, Rest in Peace (1936-2020)
Dr. Walter Williams passed away last night, December 1st, 2020. I’ve mentioned him a plethora of times, along with Dr. Thomas Sowell, as the two springboards that got me into economics, liberty, and ultimately voluntaryism, peaceful parenting, and radical unschooling. Dr. Williams was the first, however, to get me thinking about economics and liberty. He will hold a special place in my heart, and I’m honored to have sat at his feet and learned so much from him. He will be missed. Please take a moment today to watch this telling documentary about him and his work.